Improvement in bearings for fliers of spinning-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO BLANEY E. SAMPSON, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND GEORGE N. TROVVBRIDGE, OFROLLINSFORD, N. H.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEARINGS FOR FLIERS OF SPINNING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent- No. 45,300, (latedNovember 29, 1864.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, BLANEY E. SAMPsoN, of Boston, in the county ot'Suffolk and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Flier-Beari n gs; and I do hereby declare the same to hefully described in the following specification, and rep resented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- I Figure l denotes a vertical sectionof a iiier and its spindle, having my improve- I ment applied to thebearing of the former. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3, a horizontalsection, of the dier-neck bearing.

My improvement consists in the application of a green or raw hidecollar, or its equivalent, within and to the flier-neck bearingsubstantially in manner as hereinafter specied, the purpose of the saidcollar being to el'ect not only a saving of oil or lubricating materiall used on the iierfneck, but a consequent economy in wear upon, and inthe power employed to revolve the flier.

In the drawings, A denotes a spindle, and B the iiier of aspinning-machine, C heilig the whirl of the er. D is the spindle ormovable rail, while E and F are the stationary or lier rails. Gis theneck ot' the flier, and H the bearing of such neck. This bearing is acylindrical screw-nut, which is screwed upward into the ier-rail F, andfor the pur pose of being so aliixed to such rail it is made with ascrew, a, and a shoulder, b. The bore I or the interior of the saidbearing H is provided with an annular chamber, c, for the reception ofan annular or tubular green or raw hide collar, d. In order to enablethe said collar to be inserted in the said annular chamber, theneck-bearing II is constructed with an opening or passage, e, leading'latera-lly out ot' the chamber and through the bearing, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3. It is through the said opening that a strip ot' hidehaving a transverse section corresponding to that of the opening ispushed endwise, and into and around in the chamber until the end sointroduced shallbe caused to abut against the strip. A cylindrical pinis next driven into the chamber in a lnanner to spread the strip ofrawhide and set it irml y into the chamber or against the circumferencethereof, after which the strip is to be cut oli' in the passage e, or ator near the outer extremity thereof. The part of the strip which willremain within the passage will prevent the collar from revolving withinthe chamber while the filer maybe in revolution.

The rawhide collar is much more durable than a metallieone, and causesthe machinery to run with much less noise and vibration.

I claim.-

1. The application of the green hide collar, or its equivalent, totheflier-neck bearing in the manner or by the mode substantially ashereinbefore specified.

2. The improved dier neck bearing as made with the annular chamber c(for reception of the rawhide collar d) and with the opening or passagee, leading laterally ont of the said chamber, in manner as specified.

BLANEY E. SAMPSON.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

